70 years after the first polio vaccine was licensed, Philly-area survivors stress importance of continued vaccination Dr. Jonas Salk is credited with creating the first polio vaccine at the University ...

Peter H. Gilligan, Ph.D., D(ABMM) emeritus and F(AAM) was a medical microbiologist at UNC Health for 35 years. Here, he reflects on the value of vaccines observed throughout his lifetime.

The Union ministry of health and family welfare is considering making use of its vast polio surveillance network active in the country to screen for other new and emerging diseases especially ...

Recent human trials of a new one-year-long immune-based treatment for post-polio syndrome, which can strike polio survivors years after the initial infection and be very debilitating, have ...

Here is what we know about polio as a disease, its vaccines and the likely number of lives saved through inoculation.

Polio cases are surging in both countries. Can Pakistan and Afghanistan collaborate on eradicating the virus, even as their relations have soured?

How Polio Outbreaks Could Return No one at the orphanage Rossow lived at knew how she contracted polio—she was the only child with symptoms—but that’s the nefarious nature of polio.

A doctor and professor explains how we have forgotten the contagious and painful symptoms of Polio.

I'm a polio survivor. Kennedy's vaccine stance means he can't be in charge of health. | Opinion RFK Jr. should not be in charge of the health of our nation. It is an affront to me that we would ...

RFK, Polio Vaccines, the Media and Me The media has distorted my legal work on behalf of clients. My only interest is ensuring medications are safe.

Polio survivor Mitch McConnell criticizes efforts to undermine vaccine The statement is the first time the Senate minority leader has publicly weighed in on the nomination process beyond ...

No cases of paralysis caused by poliovirus have been reported in Gaza. But the detection of the virus in wastewater is still cause for concern.